Super model Lily Cole opened the evening's entertainment with a stunning catwalk fashion show hosted by Selfridges. The best of this summer’s high fashion was on show, from some of the biggest design brands

The biggest cheer of the evening was for the FA cup itself, brought onto the catwalk by the Manchester City players in a thrilling end to a top class fashion show.

After a delicious meal prepared by some of the North West’s favourite chefs including Nigel Haworth and Paul Heathcote, the real business end of the evening took centre stage to raise fantastic amounts of money for McMillan cancer support, Beechwood cancer care centre and Adopt a school.

The generous support from the guests in the room helped Shay and Jane Given smash through their target to raise a million pounds through their annual event.

The climax of the evening was a high energy performance from Alexandra Burke with a live set of all her smash hits with her dancers.

Outdoor Chic were proud to offer their services again by furnishing the pre dinner cocktail bar and after show party with some of their fabulous 2011 collection of contemporary garden furniture. “Some of our key brands, Gloster, Fatboy garden bean bags, Dedon and MyYour kindly supported us to help create some very VIP areas for the venue” said Dave Lofthouse of Outdoor Chic.

“We had green and white (McMillan colours) giant Tulip lights by MyYour at the main entrance. Cool chill-out zones with Fatboy Edison the grand lights and Fatboy first avenue and second avenue mixed with Illuminated Community sets of outdoor lamps by MyYour.

“We also had a VVIP seating area with the awesome new Gloster Bloc collection where the stars hung out sipping champagne and cocktails in between visits to the dance floor.”

Dave added, “Outdoor Chic would like to thank Shay & Jayne Given along with Susan Justice for all of their hard work in producing such an amazing event. We look forward to helping out with future events and raising money for such worthy causes”